Marandas Family Trust ex rel. Marandas v. Pauley

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• holding that service connection of a disability and degree of disability are separate elements of disability benefits
• holding that when claimant has both service-connected and non-service-connected disabilities, Board must attempt to discern the effects of each disability and, where such distinction is not possible, attribute such effects to the service-connected disability
• holding that where it is not possible to distinguish the effects of a nonservice-connected condition from those of a service-connected one, the reasonable doubt doctrine dictates that all symptoms be attributed to the Veteran's service-connected disability
• explaining that the need for adequate reasons or bases is \particularly acute when [Board] findings and conclusions pertain to the degree of disability resulting from mental disorders\
• explaining that the need for adequate reasons or bases is \particularly acute when [Board] findings and conclusions pertain to the degree of disability resulting from mental disorders\
• “In this case, there is no medical evidence in the record separating the effects of the appellant’s service-connected PTSD from his personality disorders.”

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